Paul Kelly – The Magpies (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
C
When Tom and Elizabeth took the farm,

                       G
the bracken made their bed.
[Chorus]
      F                             C      G      C
(and) Kwada-ludle-woodle-loodle-ladle, the magpie said.
[Verse 2]
C
Tom's hands were strong, and to the plough,

                       G
Elizabeth's lips were red.
[Bridge]
Am                       G
Year in, year out, they were,

Am (or Fmaj7)            G
whilst the pines grew overhead.
[Chorus]
      F                             C      G      C
(and) Kwada-ludle-woodle-loodle-ladle, the magpie said.
[Verse 3]
C
But all the beautiful crops then went,

                       G
to the mortgage man instead.
[Chorus]
      F                             C      G      C
(and) Kwada-ludle-woodle-loodle-ladle, the magpie said.
[Verse 4]
C
Tom's hands were strong, and to the plough,

                       G
Elizabeth's lips were red.
[Chorus]
      F                             C      G      C
(and) Kwada-ludle-woodle-loodle-ladle, the magpie said.
[Bridge]
Am            G       Am (or Fmaj7) G
Elizabeth is dead now, its years ago..

Am           Fmaj7         G
Old Tom went ilght in the head.
[Chorus]
      F                             C      G      C
(and) Kwada-ludle-woodle-loodle-ladle, the magpie said.
N.C. The farm's still there, the mortage coorporations couldn't give it away. [Chorus]
      F                             C      G      C
(and) Kwada-ludle-woodle-loodle-ladle, the magpie said.
[Outro]
C
*Rake til end